How the chaos unfoldedpublished at 08:08 British Summer Time 30 June 2023
Matthew Henry
BBC Sport at Lord's
England scored quickly in the afternoon session but did so in relatively calm fashion - reaching 145-1 after 30 overs at tea.
Afterwards, Australia turned to burly all-rounder Cameron Green for a tactic of short bowling.
In a 21-over spell, Australia bowled short 59% of the time and England took it on - sticking to the aggressive tactics that have brought them recent success by attacking more than 60% of those deliveries.
But then:
- Pope tried to hit Green for six and was caught at deep square leg.
- Three balls later, Root was caught off the glove playing another pull, only to be reprieved by a no-ball.
- Duckett, a first Ashes century two runs away, top-edged Josh Hazlewood to fine leg - having already gloved one over slip, skewed another over the keeper and almost hit a chance to deep square leg.
- Root was caught by a jubilant Steve Smith after he offered another catch off the edge.
- Harry Brook was dropped by Marnus Labuschagne after playing an explosive pull shot.
From 188-1, England were 222-4 and it took a more measured approach from Ben Stokes to take them to 278-4 at the close.